The Sky Above Me – Copenhagen November 2010
I woke up early. Everybody else was still sleeping. So I walked quietly on tiptoe into the kitchen. It was so grey and cold the other day, but on this→
I woke up early. Everybody else was still sleeping. So I walked quietly on tiptoe into the kitchen. It was so grey and cold the other day, but on this→
Have you heard of the Swabians? Most people think the Germans are the ones with Dirndls, Lederhosen and the Oktoberfest. No. These are the Bavarians. But forget about the Bavarians:→
Copenhagen is a beautiful city. But expensive. Is it worth a visit? Yes. But here are some things you should know about Copenhagen. Which would you like to hear first?→
All I know about Canada I know from “How I Met Your Mother”. True Story. Never been there, never met one. I laughed “aboot” all the jokes about Canadians. But hey, since my Twitter bestie @nearafar IS Canadian, I thought I should learn more about the Great White North. AND cause we’re planning to go on a roadtrip together in June from Toronto to Vancouver and I don’t want her to push me out of the car before we get there.
→People all over, Cars, Dogs – sometimes Havana is really stressful. But there is also calm, silence and lonely classic cars driving on deserted streets under the same sky as in 1950.
→I read Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” for the first time when I was twelve and since then this book travelled a lot around the world. We’ve been to Thailand together, Seattle, Ibiza, South Africa, France, Italy, Turkey, U.A.E., and so on. But I didn’t take it to Cuba. Yes. I know. Stupid me. Don’t know why. But I didn’t miss it there. There was mojito. Helped a lot! And if mojito couldn’t help my friend daiquiri came along. And somehow Hemingway himself was so much closer to me. So I drunk my way through all the bars Hemingway got wasted in.
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